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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
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12:33 am
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Home from visiting family and going to 4th St. Had a wonderful time; saw many folks I already knew, and met many new folks. Needless to say, I'm kinda behind here, though I had some online time during the first part of the week, but if there's anything new since Monday that you think I might not have seen, point me at it, please.
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| Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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11:29 pm
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So...,any Twin Cities folks want to meet me at DreamHaven Books Thursday afternoon, specific timing negotiable? I'll be heading up from Rochester, and have some time before things at 4th St get rolling, and that's definitely somewhere I want to visit. Other suggestions also welcome, and I may have some time open Friday morning, but probably not too far from the con hotel.
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| Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
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11:11 am
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I have arrived safely in Rochester, though it took nearly 90 min from the time the flight landed til I actually left with a fully functional rental. (Yaris. Do Not Like. Everything's in the wrong place.)
The wifi would not speak to me last night, but it's fine now, which is why I didn't post sataatus last night.
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| Monday, June 15th, 2009
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1:14 am
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| Friday, June 12th, 2009
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7:17 pm - Powell's international
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Am I the last to know, or among the first to discover that Powell's has an international warehouse, with far more reasonable shipping than ordering directly from the UK? I haven't explored extensively; I don't know if they get titles immediately upon release, what countries they stock books from, etc. I just know that a book that's been out for months in the UK, but won't be out here til January will be mine soon.
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| Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
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4:14 pm
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When did "Your experience is not universal" stop being a valid objection? And when did "You catch more flies with honey than vinegar" stop being true?
Or is "derailing" now synonymous with "perspective" and "common sense"?
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| Monday, June 1st, 2009
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6:02 pm
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| Friday, May 29th, 2009
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8:15 pm - A question for the political history buffs
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Is there any [group of people sharing a culture and geography] (country, nation, whatever word(s) you think fit best) who have never conquered anyone nor been conquered? Has there ever been?
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| Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
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2:23 am
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Home from Baycon; took 101, and made the drive in a bit under 9 hours, including a food stop, 2 gas stops, and another biobreak. Not too shabby. Had a great time a the con; continued to live by the old Girl Scout song: "Make new friends / but keep the old / One is silver / and the other's gold".
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| Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
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11:04 am - A bit of Dickens...
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| Friday, May 8th, 2009
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7:17 pm - new hair!
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| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
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1:51 pm - lucy sportswear
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I inadvertently left my yoga shorts at home this morning. Since I'm driving a rental at the moment[1], I don't have a backup in the car. I won't have time between work and class to go home or to stop by the body shop and grab things out of my car, so I decided to see if I could find something near work.
Luckily, there are several possibilities near my office. Unfortunately, most shops near my office are targeted to people who are both skinnier and richer than I am. I had looked in the lulu lemon store a few weeks ago, and found very high prices and nothing in my size.
Instead, today I checked out the lucy website, found the sizes went up a bit higher and the prices, while not low, were more reasonable, and decided to check it out. I got a very comfortable pair of shorts -- in a size smaller than I'd expected -- and the saleswoman was very friendly and helpful. While I don't plan to make a habit of paying full price there, I will be watching for sale racks and coupons. On the way back to my office, I ran into a woman who noticed the bag, and told me that their clothes wear "like iron. You get tired of them before they wear out."
I felt welcome and comfortable in the store, without feeling at all pressured, and for an athletic-wear store, that's saying something.
[1] Monday morning, on my way to work, my rear passenger side tire exploded on the highway. At speed. Swerve swerve swerve spin. Oh look, I'm on the inside shoulder facing the wrong way. Hey, that's what a (passenger) side curtain airbag looks like...
I called 911, they called the highway patrol and AAA, Highway Patrol ran a traffic break so I could get turned around and on the other shoulder, AAA put the spare on, and I limped in to the shop, where I called my boss and my insurance, then got them started on fixing the car and called my parents.
I'm fine, no other cars were involved, but my car's in the shop for a couple of weeks.
Amusingly, my rental is the same make, model, and color as my car, but a year newer. All the controls and handling are exactly what I expect.
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| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
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11:55 pm - Note of a Lesson Learned
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Despite showing identical URLs when hovered, the "Remove Friend" link in the pop-up box does NOT take you to the same page as the "Modify Friend" link on a friend's profile.
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| Monday, April 6th, 2009
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4:15 pm - Late notice
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| Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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11:17 am
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So who all will be joining me for the Kollin brothers signing The Unincorporated Man at MG tonight? Anyone interested in grabbing dinner beforehand? I'm thiking Sipz or NIban, but am open to suggestions.
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| Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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2:48 pm
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Did a little flist clean-up. Mostly people who hadn't friended me back and I no longer actively share a community with. If I dropped you, and you wish I hadn't, pipe up.
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| Friday, March 13th, 2009
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7:30 pm - GIP!
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(That's Gratuitous Icon Post, for those not up on the acronyms.)
Cropped this from a pic ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hazelchaz snapped at ConDor, and cleaned up the background for icon use. Just the thing for those *facepalm* moments.
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| Thursday, March 12th, 2009
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9:57 am - things I"ve been meaning to ask...
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For the historical costumers:
When Dickens describes someone as wearing shorts ("the man in the drab shorts", "the men in the plush shorts"), what does he refer to?
For the fibercrafters:
If one was contemplating a small/beginner loom, something a bit more complex than a simple frame, but not a big investment, what are the things to look for/at?
For all with an opinion:
Poll #1364334 Watchmen
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich do you recommend?
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| Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
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10:30 pm - for the LEGOmaniacs
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| Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
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2:47 pm
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I wish more people understood more clearly that they are in control of their reactions to things, and that they are choosing to freak out about things that really aren't nearly as important as they decide they are.
-- esprix, slightly edited
Not entirely unrelatedly, strangers on the internet do not control my priorities or how I choose to use my time and energy, and I do not appreciate them attempting to dictate such. I also do not appreciate being accused of saying things I did not say -- the difference between "This is not important enough to me to spend any more time on" and "This is not important" is huge. Likewise, the difference between "This is mildly annoying" and "You should not do this" is huge.
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| Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
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10:19 am
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D'oh. Apparently, my pphone failed to charge last night; I'm guessing the charger came loose. Anyway, if for some odd reason you try to call or text me, you won't get me.
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| Thursday, January 8th, 2009
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9:54 pm - octopus bookmark
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While I have a couple of larger projects I should be working on, I wanted a quick one, so I made this bookmark, using a pattern I found before Christmas (but didn't have time to do anything with then). The two shells and the large blue bead are from a Pirate Booty BotMo from a couple of years ago; the octopus is from Wild About Beads, IIRC.
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| Thursday, December 25th, 2008
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1:26 pm
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Merry Christmas to all, or happy holiday of your choice to those who don't celebrate the one I do.
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| Monday, December 8th, 2008
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1:14 pm
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| Thursday, November 6th, 2008
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3:07 pm
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| Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
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11:42 am
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I wish Starbucks had done their free coffee thing today, for everyone who stayed up late poll watching, instead of yesterday.
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2:41 am
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| Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
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8:10 pm - Is it over yet?
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A family member forwarded a political opinion piece to me today. It contained the line "Let us call a spade a spade [No pun intended]."
I don't care who you support. That kind of language is absolutely, utterly, 100% unacceptable, and I am incredibly upset by receiving it from a family member, even as a forward. This is not OK.
current mood:  offended
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| Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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10:47 pm - Crohn's cause found?
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| Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
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4:46 pm - Magic Mountain
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| Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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11:21 am
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I am trying to find (for purchase) a DVD of an older movie (The Pajama Game, with Doris Day) on short notice (I need it before Fri. night; if I can't find it today, I'll almost certainly fall back to a different plan). Borders, Barnes and Noble, and Fry's say they do not have a copy in-store. Where else should I try?
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| Friday, September 19th, 2008
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1:13 pm
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| Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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11:57 pm
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| Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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2:02 pm
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| Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
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12:47 pm - feed me!
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Well, I could use food ideas, anyway.
I usually have a Luna Sunrise bar for breakfast. However, I'm finding that it wears off too fast, and I'm hungry again by 10:30 (sometimes earlier), so I'd like to find something that will stick a bit better, either instead of or in addition to that.
I'd like something that's got plenty of protein, as that's what seems to stick with me best. It needs to require minimal time and effort in the mornings -- either pre-packaged or something I can make a week or two supply of in advance and just grab and eat in the morning. Something I can eat quickly, too. A variety of flavors available or room to tweak the recipe, if it's something I cook, so I don't get bored. Nuts and cheese mostly fail on this last point, especially in forms that are grab-and-eat rather than requiring some prep. Ideally, something I could eat in the car if I'm really running late, which rules out yogurt -- and even if I'm not eating on the go, it's potentially messy; I'm not always the most coordinated at breakfast time.
Any thoughts/recipes?
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| Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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2:14 pm - tech rant: mysql
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I would like to give a serious clue-by-four beating to whoever thought it was a good idea to implement last_insert_id() many versions before adding transactions to MySQL. In a transactional context, it's a possibly useful function, though I prefer specifying what I want the last ID from, a la PG's currval. Outside of one? Dangerously unreliable, a concept one or more of my predecessors completely failed to grasp.
[end rant]
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| Monday, July 28th, 2008
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11:40 am
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Did anyone who went to ComicCon end up with a copy of the TrueBlood promotional comic? I'd like to read it, but I was only able to go preview night, and if they were out then, I missed them.
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| Thursday, July 10th, 2008
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2:05 pm - tired and cranky
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| Friday, July 4th, 2008
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1:30 pm - a miscellany of links
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| Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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2:16 pm
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| Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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9:21 pm
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The downside of working from home the day after a con: major social withdrawal. (Our office remodel wasn't quite done on time. Hopefully we will all have desks and network connections tomorrow.)
Meanwhile, feel free to poke me on IM. (This holds true pretty much anytime I"m online; if I haven't wandered off and forgotten to log off, I'll respond.)
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1:22 am
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| Friday, May 9th, 2008
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2:18 pm
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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10:31 pm - Why I will not be doing the "unread books" meme
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The cut'n'pasted text describes unread books as "they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded." I use LibraryThing, where the list originates. I have many books tagged unread, including some from that list. Not one of them is on the shelf to make me look smart or well-rounded. I have never bought a book I did not intend to read. Occasionally, I change my mind about a book before I read it, but I generally don't keep those around. My shelves tell you something about who I am and how I think, and what they say is not a lie. The unread books, in fact, are segregated from the read books, and are in my bedroom for easy access, since I do most of my reading in bed at night.
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| Friday, April 4th, 2008
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10:59 am
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Anyone happen to have a restaurant recomendation in the Long Beach area? My Mom's in town briefly for a conference; I'm going up tonight to have dinner with her (and, I believe, one of her coworkers). We can always ask the concierge at their hotel, but I like getting recommendations from folks I know.
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| Monday, March 24th, 2008
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4:06 pm
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My iPod wants a new drug and a couple days off to eat cannibals because the hotstepper is coming. Clearly, my iPod is out of it's mind.
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| Thursday, March 20th, 2008
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10:54 am
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For those who care, I believe this is a better translation of the published interview with Anton Nosik. Further, he provides context and reponds to comments about the interview here.
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| Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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2:07 pm
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| Saturday, February 9th, 2008
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12:13 pm - Political meme
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| Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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5:39 pm
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My insurance says the truck is totaled; hers hasn't looked yet, but I'm sure they'll concur. So, I'm taking suggestions on my next car! 2-4 years old, probably, fuel efficient but zippy enough for SoCal freeway driving, not too expensive. I prefer something aesthetically pleasing, but I'll take what I can get. I know some of you are car people; any tips on what to look at?
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